Stone arrowheads, produced through a process known as knapping, are a major focus of events like the Bald Eagle Knap-In Primitive Arts Festival held annually by the Susquehanna Valley Flint Knappers ...
It doesn't matter where Bo Earls is. He could be on his honeymoon, at the park with his two children or sitting in his man cave of a garage. He finds his therapy in the intricate process of flint ...
One of the most ancient and useful activities routinely performed in Naumkeag centuries ago, was flint-knapping. That was the English name the skill and trade associated with manually working special ...
Rex Watson displays two bi-face knives that he made from Oregon and California obsidian. The handles are from mule deer and elk antlers. (The Observer/PHIL BULLOCK). STORY BY DICK MASON OF THE ...
On the morning of July 9, 2011, we were climbing a remote hill near the western shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Since then, conventional wisdom in human evolutionary studies has supposed that ...
A long-time arrowhead collector, Kila's Tom Blais has been learning how to make the stone tools himself for nearly 30 years. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) Kila's Tom Blais uses traditional stone and ...
Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...
Every day, hundreds of stone artifact enthusiasts around the world sit down and begin striking a stone with special tools attempting to craft the perfect arrowhead or knife. This craft is known as ...
For thousands of years before the discovery of metallurgy, people fashioned tools and weapons from stone. This ancient skill will be demonstrated by skilled stone tool makers during a “knap-in” from ...